GreatSchools

Spec sheet

What it does

GreatSchools, Inc. operates an online guide to elementary, middle and high schools with school-selection resources for parents.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Purpose

GreatSchools provides education information to help families choose schools and support their children’s learning.Read 8 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Security

GreatSchools says sensitive submissions use SSL encryption, access to personally identifiable information is limited by job need, and servers are kept in a secure environment.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Support

The Help Desk provides FAQs, how-to guides, and support requests, with separate contact emails listed for general, API, data licensing, and advertising support.Read 8 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Headquarters

Oakland, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · greatschools.org

Founded

1998Read 28 Sep 2026 · greatschools.org

Maker

GreatSchools identifies itself as a national nonprofit organization.Read 8 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

API attribution

API users must provide citation, GreatSchools icon or logo display and backlinks to GreatSchools school profiles.Read 15 Oct 2026 · solutions.greatschools.org

API authentication

API requests require an X-API-Key header.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

API data exclusion

NearbySchools API plans exclude GreatSchools 1–10 ratings and assigned-school data; GreatSchools directs customers to data licensing for those datasets.Read 15 Oct 2026 · solutions.greatschools.org

API endpoints

The technical documentation lists usage, nearby schools, school browsing, themed ratings, demographics and community ratings/reviews endpoints.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

API limit

NearbySchools API plans exclude GreatSchools 1–10 Ratings and assigned schools; the page directs customers to data licensing for those datasets.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solutions.greatschools.org

API pagination

API pagination uses zero-indexed limit and page parameters, with a maximum of 50 results per page.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

API purpose

The NearbySchools API provides a live subset of GreatSchools K–12 data through requests to its servers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

API response formats

The API returns JSON by default and can return XML when the Accept header requests application/xml.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

API throttling

Requests exceeding documented request or burst limits receive HTTP 429 Too Many Requests responses.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

API use cases

GreatSchools positions the NearbySchools API for real-estate, relocation, local-search and education applications.Read 15 Oct 2026 · solutions.greatschools.org

Audience reach

GreatSchools’ 2024 audited statements say the website reached more than 55 million unique visitors during 2024.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Business API

The NearbySchools API offers school directory information for real estate, relocation, local search, and education focused applications.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solutions.greatschools.org

Community reviews

GreatSchools says more than 200,000 people contribute reviews to school communities.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Company facts

LinkedIn lists GreatSchools.org as a nonprofit founded in 1998, headquartered in Oakland, California, with 11–50 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company legal form

GreatSchools, Inc. is described in its audited financial statements as a California-organized 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Compare schools

The website lets users create a list of schools to compare and choose a fit.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Data release cadence

GreatSchools publishes release notes showing recurring state assessment, rating, equity, progress and college-readiness data updates, including June 2026 releases.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Enterprise data

GreatSchools offers school data through API integrations or bulk data feeds, with flexible datasets and licensing options.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solutions.greatschools.org

Family tools

Families can create school comparison lists, post school reviews, and follow schools to receive email updates when new information is available.Read 8 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

FERPA status

GreatSchools states that it is not a FERPA-covered school or education agency and does not maintain student education records.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Free school profile

Schools can claim a free profile to update information, highlight programs and offerings, and respond to reviews.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solutions.greatschools.org

Funding

CB Insights reports $29 million raised across four funding rounds and a $1.5 million Carnegie grant dated July 23, 2025.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cbinsights.com

Limit: data freshness

A Trustpilot reviewer reports that some school data remained from 2021 and that newer schools can receive misleading overall scores with limited metrics.Read 15 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com

Limit: rating transparency

Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly complain that GreatSchools ratings are unclear or undisclosed and can appear inconsistent with school proficiency data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com

Limit: review moderation

A Trustpilot reviewer alleges that an unfavorable school review was refused or selectively suppressed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com

Notable grant

Carnegie Corporation lists a $1.5 million grant awarded June 5, 2025 to integrate public-library data into GreatSchools’ platform.Read 15 Oct 2026 · carnegie.org

Privacy and security

GreatSchools says it uses commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards and does not guarantee absolute security.Read 8 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Private-school limitation

GreatSchools does not assign its numerical ratings to private schools because comparable public performance data is not consistently reported.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Progress rating

When state growth data is unavailable or unusable, GreatSchools calculates an Academic Progress Rating as a proxy.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Rating limits

GreatSchools Ratings are assigned only to public schools, including public charter schools; a school needs enough publicly available data in at least one themed category to receive a rating.Read 8 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Rating methodology

GreatSchools publishes disaggregated school-quality data where available and says ratings use objective measures such as student progress, test scores and college-readiness indicators.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Rating on Trustpilot

2.5 out of 5 from 6 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com

Reviews and numeric ratings

Community reviews do not affect the numerical GreatSchools Rating.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

School claiming

School and district representatives can claim profiles, update information, link enrollment applications and reply to reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

School coverage

GreatSchools says it provides information on more than 150,000 public, charter, and private schools nationwide.Read 8 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

School following

Users can follow schools and receive email updates when information changes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

School profiles

The organization reports more than 150,000 PreK–12 school profiles and over one million parent and community ratings and reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

School ratings

Its 1–10 GreatSchools Rating compares a school with others in its state and draws on up to three themed ratings: student progress, college readiness, and test scores.Read 8 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

SDK examples

The API documentation includes request-building examples for Ruby, Python and PHP.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Terms billing

Enhanced Profile fees are non-refundable, recur monthly and may be changed with 30 days’ notice.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Terms limitation

Enhanced Profile subscriptions are provided as-is without guarantees for impressions, clicks, conversions or engagement.Read 15 Oct 2026 · greatschools.org

Plans and prices

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